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POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by Richtaiwo(op): 5:14pm On Jun 15

A Maiduguri-based businessman, Umar Bashir, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment without option of fine after he was convicted of terrorism financing.

Bashir, who claimed to be a major dealer in oil perfumes and also a Point of Sale operator, was found guilty of using his bank account to carry out financial transactions for members of the Boko Haram sect.

The Federal Government arraigned him on Monday before Justice Binta Fatimah Nyako on charges linked to terrorism financing.

According to the prosecution, Bashir used his United Bank for Africa account number 2213629628 to receive and transfer money on behalf of Boko Haram members.

He specifically admitted that he received ₦5 million from a Boko Haram member identified as Ibrahim Modu and later transferred the money into the terrorist’s Access Bank account number 1834250967.

The convict admitted that the transaction took place in Maiduguri in 2025.

He also confessed that he received ₦20,000 as commission for facilitating the transfer.

Upon his arraignment, Bashir pleaded guilty to the charge.

Relying on his admission of guilt and confessional statement, Justice Nyako found him guilty and sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment without option of fine.

The judge ordered that the sentence should commence from 2025, the year Bashir was arrested and detained.

Justice Nyako declined the convict’s plea for leniency, holding that the law must take its course.

https://dailypost.ng/2026/06/15/pos-operator-jailed-20-years-after-making-n20000-from-transaction-for-boko-haram-member/

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by Babangidapikin: 5:31pm On Jun 15

Na wa oh in as much as I don't support terrorism financing or aiding , what if he acted out of ignorance or he was under threat... except you prove beyond reasonable doubts that he was a co conspirator, Nigeria Law should be calming down for the struggling man .

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by Ishilove: 6:08pm On Jun 15

Good. See what 20k commission has landed him. Free watery beans for 20 years

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by slickbak(m): 9:53pm On Jun 15

The Boko haram will get pardon and rehabilitation while he gets 20 years.

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by 2cribz: 10:05pm On Jun 15

20 years. Like under norms.hw many years. Hope no be 3 years.. fed crime...

Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by AntiChristian: 11:37am On Jun 16

Na so many go enter jail for simple and silly crime!

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by Mattswaggz: 11:37am On Jun 16

When some of the very boko haram themselves have been given amnesty and reintegrated into the society?.......also what happened to the top financers of terrorism list that the UAE gave to Nigeria?....swept under the carpet or what?.

What kind of justice system is this country operating?.

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by Sonofgod1990(m): 11:38am On Jun 16

I once did this kind of mistake

Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by Tenses: 11:39am On Jun 16

The same boko haram man that the transfered was made to will be caught,rehabilitated, placed on a monthly allowance and given an equal opportunity to become the president of this shithole.

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by ArinzeAnthony03: 11:40am On Jun 16

And later they will release the terrorist...who una day deceive

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by McLizbae: 11:40am On Jun 16*

The Boko haram member that received the money likely may have repented and enjoying life somewhrre, or freed to actively continue his terror business, after the case.

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by Snipingme: 11:40am On Jun 16

And when they catch the Boko guys,they will give them Amnesty.what a country.

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by bestman09(m): 11:40am On Jun 16

Hope the Bokoharam member was also caught and jailed?

Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by Offpoint1: 11:40am On Jun 16

3 years sentence is okay, 20 is extreme... He wasn't part of them, he was just fulish not to know the implications

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by MarketDispatch: 11:41am On Jun 16

Richtaiwo:
https://dailypost.ng/2026/06/15/pos-operator-jailed-20-years-after-making-n20000-from-transaction-for-boko-haram-member/

Meanwhile the actual Boko Haram members are rehabilitated, and reintegrated back into the society , no long jail terms as seen in the news yesterday

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by Klington: 11:41am On Jun 16

This is how it should be,but this level of punishment should be extended to all terrorists, bandits, corrupt apc politicians and their supporters.

Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by Memphis357(m): 11:41am On Jun 16

But the major financiers of Boko Haram whose names were given to the Nigerian government by the United Arab Emirates are walking around freely and even unleashing more terror to its citizenry

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by Amovingman: 11:41am On Jun 16

We all know Peter obi is the one sending gumi and his men to spoil tinubu government

Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by ARISHEM: 11:41am On Jun 16*

Imagine 1 week later he hear the Boko Haram member has now repented and will be reintegrated into the society and will be paid monthly allowance. grin

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by Imhooded: 11:41am On Jun 16

Like it's so crazy, when you hear things like this

slickbak:
The Boko haram will get pardon and rehabilitation while he gets 20 years.

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by GlobalWay: 11:42am On Jun 16

Things we hear and see in Nigeria.... This Country

Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by eepeepook: 11:42am On Jun 16

20K is not worth a twenty-year sentence. Lawmakers are tough on civilians. The real terrorists are treated with kids gloves.

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Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by jojothaiv(m): 11:42am On Jun 16

Beautiful, now what happens to the Boko Haram member who made the transfer too or he has vanished into thin air deep in the bush or what...

Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by nairalanda1(m): 11:43am On Jun 16

Babangidapikin:
Na wa oh in as much as I don't support terrorism financing or aiding , what if he acted out of ignorance or he was under threat... except you prove beyond reasonable doubts that he was a co conspirator, Nigeria Law should be calming down for the struggling man .

The purpose of the ruling is to make it harder for Boko to use normal banking methods to move money

Plus his admission of guilt means that he was a willing participant

Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by MrJames007: 11:43am On Jun 16

Because of 20k you're spending 20 years behind bars. Hmmm

Re: POS Operator Jailed 20 Yrs For N5m Transfer To Boko Haram Member by geoworldedu: 11:44am On Jun 16

POS agent jailed 20 years? Good to hear this.

Same way Jehovah and Allah are being jailed for a thousand years right now.

The Book Of Universal History has made this known to us through Otem.